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Social Media in 2013: A Guidance Counsellor’s Guide to What’s #Trending

Keynote talk at The Toronto District School Board's #Guidance2013 Connecting Through Technology presented by Cher Jones, An overview of the most popular social media issues, websites, ideas and advice every educator needs to know to keep up in 2013.

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Less then 10 years ago “Facebook didnt exist, Twitter was still a sound, the cloud was still in the sky, 4G was a parking place, LinkedIn was a prison,applications were what you sent to college, and Skype was a typo." -Thomas Friedman, NY Times columnist & Pulitzer Prize winning author

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Today’s talking points• If social media were high school kids (An overview of the top social sites in 2013)• How social media is being used by students, teachers and counsellors• What’s #trending on social media• A little advice from me• Questions

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Thank you! Let’s get connected. Cher Jones Social Media Speaker &Trainer, Socially Active Cher is an accomplished corporate communications and PR professional with 15 years of experience. She has worked with several leading Canadian companies and for one of the largest municipal governments in Canada. Through her company Socially Active, she provides fun and highly engaging social media training workshops, coaching sessions, talks and keynotes. Cher helps businesses and organizations educate their employees with the knowledge needed to participate responsibly, effectively and strategically online. She`s often invited to share her social media knowledge and experience at conventions, corporate events and on industry panels. For more information: www.sociallyactive.ca cher@sociallyactive.ca 416-970-0546 Linkedin: ca.linkedin.com/in/itscherjones/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/itscherjones